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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 355, 12 September 1933, Page 4

Ti'maru Harbour Trouble “The position is so serious that if improvements' are not carried out shortly we can close up Timarn Harbour as far as overseas ships are concerned.” This statement was made by Captain A. Rathbone who waited on the Union at Tinian*, to explain to members as a seaman his personal views on the harbour. Captain Rathbone stated that at present three liners belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company, the Rangitiki, Rangitane and Rangitata, were unable to visit Timarn. owing to their size, while other boats building for the same company would be in a similar position. Captain Rathbone added thpt those present would be surprised if they knew the opinions concerning the port held by masters of overseas vessels visiting Timarn. They had no peace from the time they entered the harbour until the time they took their vessels out of it. 1 1 i>;

Burying a Great Dane The owner of a Great Dane dog which died recently in Wellington had dilliculty in disposing of the body The usual practice with dead dogs, if one does not wish to bury them in the back yard, is to consign them to me city destructor, but in this case the dog was so big that it would not go into tne entrance to the incinerator. When it was found that the dog could not be disposed of in this fashion, permission was granted tor it to be buried, but here again the dog’s size gave rise to a problem, for it was too big for its owner to carry unaided. The suggestion was made to the owner that some relief worn el’s should b£i offered a few shillings to carry the dog, and no doubt this was done. There are only two or three Great Danes in Wellington, and they are by far the biggest dogs round the city. A big Great Dane stands about 35 inches to the shoulder, and the minimum weight is 1201 b. while some dogs weight up to 1501 b.

! Addington Sheep Dogs i The work of sheep clogs employed regularly at Addington market is remarkable, and their exhibition of yard and trunking work, day or night, is claimed to be second to none in the j 'world. Many of them run along the i backs of the sheep and come back j through the middle of them barking j all tlie time, and most obstinate ; sheep are handled under confined j conditions with ease. For trucking | and untrucking the dogs are inclispenj sable and for work under electric i light are worth an army of men. The I handling of from 20,000 to 40,000 j sheep during a sale at the height of I the soacon, their frequent drafting j and penning, untrucking and returck--1 big is made possible only by such j forcing and backing dogs. Some of 1 them are veterans, who remember, j perhaps, when backing dogs were rare. During the last fifteen years it j has been noteworthy that many dogs j from Addington worked stock inherit I t l ' o tendency to hack sheep as natur- ‘ ally as imported stock run to head.